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John Marston

Literature; General literature

(1575?-1634) Dramatist and satirist, born at Coventry, was educated at Oxford. n later life he gave up writing for the stage, took orders, and was incumbent of Christchurch, Hants, 1616-31. He began ...

Anna Maria Porter

Literature; General literature

(1780-1832), Jane Porter (1776-1850) Novelists, were the daughter of an Irish army surgeon, and sisters of Sir Robert Ker Porter, the painter and traveller. After the death of the father the family ...

Charles Grant Allen

Literature; General literature

(1848-1899) Scientific writer and novelist, born in Canada, to which his father, a clergyman, had emigrated, and educated at Birmingham and Oxford. For a time he was a professor in a college for ...

Reginald Heber

Literature; General literature

(1783-1826) Poet, son of the Rector of Malpas, a man of family and wealth, and half-brother of Richard Heber, the famous book-collector, was educated at Oxford, where he gained the Newdigate prize ...

Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton Lytton

Literature; General literature

(1831-1891) Poet and statesman, son of the above, was educated at Harrow and Bonn, and thereafter was private secretary to his uncle, Sir H. Bulwer , afterwards Lord Dalling and Bulwer (q.v.), at ...

William Allingham

Literature; General literature

(1824-1889) Poet, the son of a banker of English descent, was born at Ballyshannon, entered the customs service, and was ultimately settled in London, where he contributed to Leigh Hunt's Journal. ...

Alexander Geddes

Literature; General literature

(1737-1802) Theologian and scholar, of Roman Catholic parentage, was born at Ruthven, Banffshire, and educated for the priesthood at the local seminary of Scalan, and at Paris, and became a priest in ...